The Latest Breaking News from TUG

Pressure on John Swinney as SNP's largest affiliate body backs new indy strategy

John Swinney is facing fresh pressure to back a new independence strategy at the SNP’s forthcoming party conference.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 18

'Right to choose independence' should be focus of Holyrood 2026, former MP says

Pro-independence parties should have the "right to choose" independence at the "front and centre" of their Holyrood election…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 29, 2025

These are the top fringe events at the SNP's 2024 conference

THE SNP’s annual conference is set to run from Friday to Sunday in Edinburgh with a major focus on how the party moves forward following a huge…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2024

Unions hold ‘positive’ meeting with incoming RTE boss

Kevin Bakhurst, an experienced media executive, has pledged to ‘restore trust’ in the national broadcaster.

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

RTE journalists to stage lunchtime protest over payments scandal

The protest is set to take place at 1pm on Tuesday at the plaza in RTE's campus at Donnybrook

Dublin Live · Jun 26, 2023

Yes-voting trade union chief in warning to independence movement

RMT members have little motivating them to vote for independence at another referendum due to the “timid, managerial” approach of the…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 19, 2023

Land, tax, energy and other Scottish policy challenges to be tackled at STUC event

A FRINGE event at the STUC congress is set to try to tackle key policy challenges before the Scottish Government – including land and tax ...

The National (Scotland) · Apr 18, 2023

Kate Forbes's answers to key questions 'difficult to parse', says trade union body

THE SNP Trade Union Group (TUG) has said it has concerns about the direction of Kate Forbes’s “economic thinking” as leaders insisted they…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 26, 2023

How SNP leadership candidates responded (or not) to trade unionists' 'key questions'

THE SNP’s Trade Union Group has said that Kate Forbes seems to be putting “far more emphasis on ‘business solutions’” after she was the…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 22, 2023

SNP leadership candidates to be grilled at The National and trade unionist hustings

THE SNP leadership candidates are set to be grilled on the policies that will benefit the working people of Scotland at The National’s hustings…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 10, 2023